Keegan Bradley

When Keegan Bradley won the Byron Nelson Championship and the PGA Championship four months apart in 2011, it was assumed we were in the beginning stages of a great career.

But believe it or not, Bradley has won just once more since then and has become something of a secondary figure in major championship discussions. He's had only two top-five finishes since in a major, the other being a T-3 in the PGA in 2012.

And that leads to the question of what is the significance of the pair of 69s he posted in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open?

Has his game come together at a really good time, or were they a pair of teasers?

Brandt Snedeker

Brandt Snedeker hasn't putted this badly since the 2009 season if you go by the strokes-gained putting statistic.

Snedeker had annually been one of the best putters in the game since 2009. The came the recurrence of a rib issue that derailed him from a great start to his 2013.

It's been a struggle for him since, and his strokes-gained putting average is a paltry .209. But that average may begin rising if he continues to putt as he did in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open.

He's put together rounds of 69 and 68 and is tied for third going into Round 3. He's made 10 birdies, but he also has a double bogey in each round.

If he continues to putt well and Kaymer stumbles a bit, things could get very interesting.